@ranwhenparked: Maybe that's why this one needed a new rear end.

@gman1023: Volo. Which has the Volo Auto Museum, which has its own share of movie car awesomeness.

@RodRAEG: They tried amphibious Jeeps too, why didn't ChryCo take that a step further?

A family member asked me several years ago to recommend a car for her. She was in the market for a new or fairly new car and the only criteria was "I want a car that will never be stolen."

I've had the bad fortune to have seen two of those 25 in person, #13 and #25. Both were at Goodguys car shows at the Alameda County Fairgrounds at some point over the last two years.

I'm ashamed of my state.

What did my dad drive?

For that money I'd rather have an original '67 GT500. I still like the GT500Es from Unique Performance but have grown up somewhat in the past 10 years (I was 12 when the GI60S remake came out). I have loved and adored and wanted a '67 GT500 since fourth grade when a very nice owner allowed me to sit in his blue…

Nice use of a steering wheel out of a 1980s Chevy G-body.

@GreenN_Gold: How about the Grand Am-based banana car from the Bloodhound Gang's "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo"?

This one.

@87CapriceEstate: It's original. When I was about 10 years old I convinced my dad to buy it for $1200 from my next-door neighbor's elderly father, who had owned it since nearly new. It had a concrete slab in the bed, tobacco stains on the ceiling and a gun rack in the rear window.

@Novaload: Your point about luck is something I can relate to. I had a friend from high school die three years ago when her friend's mother lost control of a nearly-new 2006 Explorer and flipped it into a ravine. I don't know how fast they were going, somewhere between 40 and 60 mph. The truck had all the safety…

I still prefer my dad's '71 GMC over any new truck. Yes, I've locked up the rear drums twice while trying to stop for a red light. Yes, it has a gaping hole in the dash where the AM-only radio used to be. Yes, the air conditioner once blew up and sprayed freon all over the interior. Yes, I regularly stall it once or…

@Skink: Point taken, bad call on my part and in poor taste. Sorry.

Technically a custom, but it threw me for a loop for years. The owner claims it's a 1947 Cadillac factory prototype. It's actually an MGB roadster with a modified '47 Cadillac hood, grille and fenders grafted on. The interior is a GM parts bin including a '70s Trans-Am steering wheel. It's a real eye-catcher at shows…

@AlexG55: I've seen one of those in person. Thank you, Auto und Technikmuseum in Sinsheim, Germany! Every Jalop should go there at least once in their lives.

I was told that the other truck was a dairy truck... which would mean that as of yesterday Minnesota became like Israel: a land flowing with milk and honey.

@JonZeke: Seconded. I was trying to come up with something sufficiently forgettable, but you're right. It's pointless to try.

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